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Daily Kitten Chat Forum Topic: Wow! especially the last hint about the dryer. http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ Daily Kitten Chat Forum Topic: Wow! especially the last hint about the dryer. en Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:12:44 +0000 AZDEBRA 5/27 & crew on "Wow! especially the last hint about the dryer." http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/5801#post-152321 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:39:49 +0000 AZDEBRA 5/27 & crew 152321@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ I knew that the dryer sheets stopped towels from absorbing moisture but not that they left a film on the dryer lint filter. Moonshadow_NZ on "Wow! especially the last hint about the dryer." http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/5801#post-152317 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:19:46 +0000 Moonshadow_NZ 152317@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ Great hints PJ. We almost need to put all the hint pages together so we can find them. I also liked BHM's peroxide hints recently. Buttercup on "Wow! especially the last hint about the dryer." http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/5801#post-152315 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:00:22 +0000 Buttercup 152315@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ Thanks PJ,lots of helpful hints there. Karenopa on "Wow! especially the last hint about the dryer." http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/5801#post-152261 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:02:22 +0000 Karenopa 152261@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ Wow PJ..There's alot of great tips in that list!! We do the sourcream in the scrambled eggs quite alot! Mmmmm..no wonder I can't lose weight!! Thanks PJ. paulajeanne on "Wow! especially the last hint about the dryer." http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/5801#post-152255 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:56:12 +0000 paulajeanne 152255@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ DID YOU KNOW? >> >> >> Peel a banana from the bottom and you won't have to pick the little >> "stringy things" off of it. That's how the primates do it. >> >> Take your bananas apart when you get home from the store. If you leave >> them connected at the stem, they ripen faster. >> >> Store your opened chunks of cheese in aluminum foil. It will stay >> fresh >> much longer and not mold! >> >> Peppers with 3 bumps on the bottom are sweeter and better for eating. >> Peppers with 4 bumps on the bottom are firmer and better for cooking. >> >> Add a teaspoon of water when frying ground beef. It will help pull the >> grease away from the meat while cooking. >> >> To really make scrambled eggs or omelets rich add a couple of >> spoonfuls of >> sour cream, cream cheese, or heavy cream in and then beat them up. >> >> For a cool brownie treat, make brownies as directed. Melt Andes mints >> in >> double broiler and pour over warm brownies. Let set for a wonderful >> minty >> frosting. >> >> Add garlic immediately to a recipe if you want a light taste of >> garlic and >> at the end of the recipe if your want a stronger taste of garlic. >> >> Leftover snickers bars from Halloween make a delicious dessert. >> Simply >> chop them up with the food chopper. Peel, core and slice a few >> apples. >> Place them in a baking dish and sprinkle the chopped candy bars over >> the >> apples. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes!!! Serve alone or with vanilla ice >> cream. Yum >> >> 1. Reheat Pizza >> Heat up leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet on top of the stove, set >> heat >> to med-low and heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy. No soggy >> micro >> pizza. I saw this on the cooking channel and it really works. >> >> 2. Easy Deviled Eggs >> Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal, mash till they are all >> broken up. Add remainder of ingredients, reseal, keep mashing it up >> mixing thoroughly, cut the tip of the baggy, squeeze mixture into egg. >> Just throw bag away when done easy clean up. >> >> 3. Expand ing Frosting >> When you buy a container of cake frosting from the store, whip it with >> your mixer for a few minutes. You can double it in size. You get to >> frost >> more cake/cupcakes with the same amount. You also eat less sugar and >> calories per serving. >> >> 4. Reheating refrigerated bread >> To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated, place >> them >> in a microwave with a cup of water. The increased moisture will keep >> the >> food moist and help it reheat faster. >> >> 5. Newspaper weeds away >> Start putting in your plants, work the nutrients in your soil. Wet >> newspapers, put layers around the plants overlapping as you go, cover >> with >> mulch and forget about weeds. Weeds will get through some gardening >> plastic they will not get through wet newspapers. >> >> 6. Broken Glass >> Use a wet cotton ball or Q-tip to pick up the small shards of glass >> you >> can't see easily. >> >> 7. No More Mosquitoes >> Place a dryer sheet in your pocket. It will keep the mosquitoes >> away. >> >> 8. Squirrel Away! >> To keep squirrels from eating your plants sprinkle your plants with >> cayenne pepper. The cayenne pepper doesn't hurt the plant and the >> squirrels won't come near it. >> >> 9. Flexible vacuum >> To get something out of a heat register or under the fridge add an >> empty >> paper towel roll or empty gift wrap roll to your vacuum. It can be >> bent >> or flattened to get in narrow openings. >> >> 10. Reducing Static Cling >> Pin a small safety pin to the seam of your slip and you will not have >> a >> clingy skirt or dress. Same thing works with slacks that cling when >> wearing panty hose. Place pin in seam of slacks and -- ta da! -- >> static is >> gone. >> >> 11. Measuring Cups >> Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill with hot >> water. Dump out the hot water, but don't dry cup. Next, add your >> ingredient, such as peanut butter, and watch how easily it comes right >> out. >> >> 12. Foggy Windshield? >> Hate foggy windshields? Buy a chalkbo ard eraser and keep it in the >> glove >> box of your car. When the windows fog, rub with the eraser! Works >> better >> than a cloth! >> >> 13. Reopening envelope >> If you seal an envelope and then realize you forgot to include >> something >> inside, just place your sealed envelope in the freezer for an hour or >> two. >> Viola! It unseals easily. >> >> 14. Conditioner >> Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It's cheaper than >> shaving >> cream and leaves your legs really smooth. It's also a great way to >> use up >> the conditioner you bought but didn't like when you tried it in your >> hair... >> >> 15. Goodbye Fruit Flies >> To get rid of pesky fruit flies, take a small glass fill it 1/2" with >> Apple Cider Vinegar and 2 drops of dish washing liquid, mix well. You >> will >> find those flies drawn to the cup and gone forever! >> >> 16. Get Rid of Ants >> Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants. They eat it, take it >> "home," can't digest it so it kills them. It may take a week or so, >> especially if it rains, but it works & you don't have the worry about >> pets >> or small children being harmed! >> >> 17. INFO ABOUT CLOTHES DRYERS >> The heating unit went out on my dryer! The gentleman that fixes things >> around the house for us told us that he wanted to show us something >> and he >> went over to the dryer and pulled out the lint filter. It was clean. >> (I >> always clean the lint from the filter after every load clothes.) >> He told us that he wanted to show us something; he took the filter >> over to >> the sink, ran hot water over it. The lint filter is made of a mesh >> material - I'm sure you know what your dryer's lint filter looks like. >> Well,...the hot water just sat on top of the mesh! It didn't go >> through >> it at all! He told us that dryer sheets cause a fi lm over the mesh. >> That's what burns out the heating unit. You can't SEE the film, but >> it's >> there. It's what is in the dryer sheets to make your clothes soft and >> static free -- that nice fragrance too, you know how they can feel >> waxy >> when you take them out of the box, well this stuff builds up on your >> clothes and on your lint screen. This is also what causes dryer units >> to >> catch fire & potentially burn your house down with it! He said the >> best >> way to keep your dryer working for a very long time (& to keep your >> electric bill lower) is to take that filter out & wash it with hot >> soapy >> water & an old toothbrush (or other brush) at least every six months. >> He >> said that makes the life of the dryer at least twice as long! How >> about >> that!?! Learn something new everyday! I certainly didn't know dryer >> sheets >> would do that. So, I thought I'd share! >> >> Note: I went to my dryer & tested my screen by running water on it. >> The >> water ran through a little bit but mostly collected all the water in >> the mesh screen. I washed it with warm soapy water & a nylon brush & >> I had >> it done in 30 seconds. Then when I rinsed it -- the water ran right >> thru >> the screen! There wasn't any pudding at all! That repairman knew >> what he >> was talking about! >> >> >>